Vegetable-loader.



E. B. BERGRLN.

VEGETABLE LOLDER.

nrmcuxox nun we. 17, 190B.

Patented Jan. 11,1910.

wi h; j E I 4 8 INVENTEIR WTN E55 2 (f7. fad/16% To all whom it may concern;

ERICK E. BEBGREN, OF AURORA, NEBRASKA.

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Be it known that I, ERICK Brennan, citizen of the United States, residing at Au: rora, in the county of Hamilton and State or Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vegetable-Loaders, of which the following is a specification.

' To ex edite the operation'o'l harvesting all- My invention relates to loading apparatus,

and has particular reference to devices aplicable to the handling of vegetables in the field either from piles or rows.

The appliance is especially useful in loadin beets into an ordinary wagon, and the chief objects of the improvements forming the subject matter of this ap licatiou are vegeta les that can be handled by means of a scoop; to utilize the power of the traction animals attached to the wagon in elevating and conveying the scoop when filled or empty; and to produce an apparatus for loadirw that can be used either at the side or rear of the wagon.

Further objects of my invention are, to

simplify the hoisting apparatus; to provide 3 a mechanism that can be attached to an ordinary wagon, and to furnish an etiicient. appliance that can be manufactured economically.

I accomplish the objects sought b employing the apparatus illustrated in t e ac- .companying drawing, which forms a part of this application, the mechanism, generally described, comprising a shaft attached to the bed of a wagon, a winding drum thereon, means. for operating the drum from one of the wagon wheels, a clutch, a frame carried on the wagon and the necessary ropes and pnilcys for operating a scoop which forms the gathering device.

I have illustrated the preferred form of the apparatus in the following views:--

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vehicle designed for conveying beets equipped with my complete hoisting art. conveying appliance; Fig. 2 IS a rear view-of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and -l are, respectively, a top plan and a side view of the clutch operating mechanism; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the bracket plate supporting the clutch arms, with a portion of the operating shaft attached, and Figs. 6 and 'i' are side and front views, resp ctiv ly, of the trolley and attachments.

Referring to the details of the drawing, the numeral 10 indicates the bed of a wagon Specification of 1mm Patent Patented Jan. 11, 1910. 'Applicattomfiled lugust 17, 1908. Serial No. 448,774.

designed to be drawn by horses and 11 the wheels one of which is utilized as a driving wheel for the hoisting mechanism hereinafter described, power being derived therefrom, when the wagon is being drawn by the attached team, in the following manner. Upon theinner side of one of the hind wheels 11 is mounted a sprocket wheel 12, concentric with the axis of the wagon wheel, and secured to the spokes 13 by clips 14. A chain 15 cos!- nects the driving sprocket 12 with a driven sprocket wheel 16 of less diameter loosely mounted upon a shaft 17, journals-d in hangers 18 attached to the rear of the. wagon bed 10. The said shaft 17 carries a drum 19 fixed I thereon. and a friction clutch comprising a pair of disks, one of the disks 20 being attached to the driven sprocket 16, and the cooperating disk 21 splined upon the shaft 17, and held normally against the disk 20 by a suitable coiled spring 22,

shaft 17 between the drum and the said disk.

The spring 22 is suiiiciently powerful to,

maintain the disks in apposition and cause the shaft 1'. and drum 1 9 to revolve when the wagon moves and. to perform the work required by the means and in the manner hereinafter described. It is necessary however, to stop the shaft 2! portion of the time while the wagon is moving, and this is accomplished by means of a forked shaped lever or arm 23 which engages a grooved hub 24 made fast to the slidablc disk 21. The lo ver 23 is hinged on a pintle 25 supported ,upon ears 26, attached to a bracket plate 27 secured to thebed 10 by a bracket 28. The short arm 29 of the lever is acted upon by a lug or arm 30 attached to a vertical rock shaft or rod 31 journaled in supports 26 and provided with an operating handle 33 by means of which the said rod can be turned until the arm 30 striking the lover arm 29 releases the clutch by sliding the disk 21 away from its companion. As it is vcr desirable that the driver should have this c ntch under control especially when loading from the side, the vertical rod or rock shaft 31 is provided at its lower end with an arm 34, to which is attached a long rod or cable 35 leading beneath the bed 16 to a point beneath the drivers seat where it is attached to a foot lever or pedal 36.

To the rear end of the box orbcd 6 is attached a bow frame 37 and hungl from the surrounding the medium line, having its rearend projecting beyond the wagon bed 10, and extending forward to the forward end of said bed, where itis supported by a rope or cable 39, passing over a pulley 40, secured to the upper end of an upright support 41. The rope is then carried around a pulley 41 and led rearwardly beneath the bed It), to some convenient point 39 where it may be readily reached by the operator from the rear of the wagon. loops 39 for attachment to a hook 39 at the 7 front; these loops affording a convenient means of adgusting the rail 38 from the front end of the wagon. 1

A trolley 42 is adapted to travel upon the rail 38 for a purpose that will hereinafter appear. This trolley comprises a. pair of wheels 43 arranged one upon eacli side of the of the drum, the end of the rope being knotted so that it will be retained in the narrow end of said slot but will readily pass through the larger part of the opening for insertion or removal. The free end of the said-rope is then carried upward around-a pulley 51 and thence to the pulley 46 over which' itpasses and is then brought down and attached in any convenient manner to the bail or draw-bar 52, of a rece tacle or scoop 53', the latter being of any orm suited to the particular kind of roots to be handled. I-

preferto construct the bail or draw-bar 52 with a brace 54 at eachside of the'scoop,

and irovide the brace with a toggle joint '55. V hen the parts are in the relative "positions shown in Fig. l, the scoop will "be supported evenly andthe brat-e54 will p're-' vent the scoop from being dumped backward when there is an excess of weight in the rear portion. \Vhen loading the oint 55 18 broken thus permitting the traction to take' place in an inclined direction entirel from;

the point of attachment 56.

In order to make provision for loading' from the side of the wagon, I provide a crane 57, curved so as to project a suitable distance beyond the bed Q. This crane passes down-just inside the bed and through the bottom the lower endbeing stepped in' a hanger 58 bolted to the under side of thti bed. A pulley 59 is secured to the upper extremity of the crane, and another pulley G0 is mounted on the hanger 58. hen using The said-rope is furnished withrope is removed from the pulleys 46' and 51 paratus is practically the same 'until'the abo'ut the dri -able distance, the rear, as intlicatetl by the dott'ed lines'ti2, in Fig; 1, and attaching a lliiving'tlnis ties i'ibe'd my the crane theiri-ipe 49 is removed from its. engagement with the pulleys 46 and 51 and carried over the pulleys (30 and 59 as shown 2 iiiidotted outlines in ,l ig. l sits rear end remaining attached to the drum.

The apparatus thus described may be used to especial advantage in three ways: thus the loading llltl t be tiOll at tliercar or atthe side, in both cases deriving power from the running gear (if the wagon, or by hitching a' team directly to the rope. -In' loading fronij the rear the rope is arranged as shown in full lines in Fig. 1, and Fig.2. This plan 1 is especially useful ivhen the roots to {be loaded lie in rows or' small heaps. Thei'g wagon is preferably driven directly over the row; The operator first breaks the joint of the brace 54, and then taking hold oftlie handles 61 of the scoop he fills the latter as v the team advances, theYdriver in the l'n'eari- .85

while holding 'the clutch out of mesh by means of the foot lever 36. When the scoop is loaded the 'clu t ch' is released 'and the drum 19 set in motion. hoisting the scoopand com tents upward until the tongs t7 grapple the '9 bail or bar 52. 'lhc'forwai d endtif the'rail' is then lowered Slllll0l011lly t t) allow the trolley and. suspcnded scoop" to roll, under the: infiuence of gravity, to the pognt above the,

bed where it is desired to du'n'i 'lllhertthe scoop is emptied the ra l is again -elevated and the scoop returned, to 'there'andlsengaged from the'toiig's iiiiddoweredtothe i 9 ground where it is ready for another load. Whenloading from the side the hoisting and carried beneath the wagon to the pulley G0 and thence over the pulley 59 at the top of the;crane. Theiii'anipulation of the ap-" scoop is elevatetl. Tt'isthen' carriedoverthe wagonzhed by turning the crane'in its socket, and after the scoop is dumped, the arm of the crane is returned-to ts initial position IfOl'tL I v 'It' will frequently'hefdesiiable to'lc'ad the material to" be handled is disposed in piles. This may be done by' detaching the end' of the hoisting rtipe from the drum 19 and then taki'pg single 'tui' n"of the rope carrying it bark -'to a' suit team thereto to furnish the power fordioistmg. thfus'acting upon the load to be ra sed without the employment of the i will be necessary, of course. to throw the' cliit'ch ,out of engageinentlwhi'le using H1181! direct means-for hoisting.

I claim as new. is:--

1. In a loading apparatus. the combinaand 'the'scoo'p loweredo the ground as be} 1'10 while the wagon is at rest, espcially'when f invention what? tion with a wagon bed and wheels therefor,

V opposite ends'of the body,

trolley, and means of a shaft, gearing connecting said shaft with one, of said wheels, frames arranged at a rail connecting said frames, a trolley on-said rail, devices connected with said shaft for operating said vices from either end of said body.

2; In a loading apparatus,

of a shaft jonrnaled in the bed,

said shaft with one of said wheels, a crane pivotally mounted on said had, a pulley on me: ns connected with the drum for clevat-' said crane, a rope engaging said pulley and connected to said winding means, and means arranged to control the Winding means from either end of the wagon.

3. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a wagon, of a shaft journaled on the wagon, operative connection between said shaft and one of said wheels, a scoop, means connected with the shaft for elevating the scoop, and means for throwing said shaft into and out of gear with said wheel.

4. In a loading apparatus, the c0nibination with a wagon, a shaft journaled thereon, and operative connection between the shaft and one of the wheels of the wagon, of a clutch on the shaft, a drum on the shaft. a frame attached to the wagon, a trolley arranged on the frame, a rope attached to said drum and engaging said trolley, and means for operating said clutch from either end of said 'agon.

5. In a loading apparatus, the combinatin with a wagon, a shaft journaled there for controlling said del the combina tion with a wagon bed and wheels therefor," rope wind- Q ing means on said shaft, gearing connecting t on, and operative connection between the shaft and one of the wheels of the wagon, o

" a clutch on the shaft, means for operating 1 said clutch, a drum on the shaft, :1 frame ar- 5 ranged on the wagon, trolley traveling on the frame, a rope i'emovably attached to said drum, and engaging the trolley and a scoop 1 removably attached to said rope.

t 6. In a loading apparatus, the combina- I tion with a wagon, a shatt n the wagon, operative connection between the shaft and one of the wheels of the wagon, a clutch on the shaft, a winding drain, and a scoop, of

ing said scoop, and means forv shifting the scoop to-a position above the bed of the wagon when elevated.

7. In a loading apparatus, the combination with a wagon bed and wheels therefor, a rope winding device, operative connection between the said winding device and one of said wheels, a crane pivoted on said bed, a pulley on said crane, a rope engaging said pulley and having one end attached to said winding device, a scoop adapted to be attached to said rope, and means adapted to control the winding device, said means being arrangcdto he operable from both ends of the wagon bed.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses,

ERICK E. BERGREN.

\Vitnesses:

Axnn E. Axes, I). I. JMACNUSUE'. 

